Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alternative combinations: Lopha (Lopha) dichotoma, Ostrea dichotoma
Synonyms: Alectryonia dichotoma Bayle 1912, Alectryonia semiplana Sowerby 1825, Lopha dichotoma Bayle 1849, Ostrea acanthonata Coquand 1869, Ostrea armata Goldfuss 1866, Ostrea sollieri Coquand 1869
Belongs to Oscillopha according to M. R. Cooper 2003
See also Bobkova 1961, Lombard 1930 and Malchus 1990
Sister taxon: Oscillopha figari
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (4 collections), Algeria (3), Angola (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (4), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Oman (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Tunisia (4)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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